Moving Fast At Scale

In this 30-minute conference talk from DevOpsDays NYC 2018, Randy Shoup shares insights on how companies can maintain and even increase speed as they scale. Drawing from his leadership experience at Google, eBay, and Stitch Fix, explore the organizational structures, processes, and cultural elements that enable high-performing engineering teams to accelerate growth rather than slow down. Learn about the practical implementation of DevOps principles through "You Build It; You Run It" approaches, including how to structure small cross-functional teams with clear responsibilities aligned with business goals. Discover the importance of test-driven development and continuous delivery practices that allow teams to release multiple times daily, enabling rapid iteration and experimentation. Understand how end-to-end ownership creates the right incentives for building maintainable, observable, and operable systems from the start. Gain actionable examples that can help organizations of any size improve their development velocity and effectiveness.